Thursday, November 4, 1999

Just for Variety
Army Archerd

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of "Your Show of Shows," Sid Caesar (who owns the original kinescopes) is in partnership with Creative Light Entertainment's Peter Jaysen to produce a digitally remastered retrospective series of the best material from the "Show of Shows" and "Caesar's Hour." I spoke to Sid who says they tested two of the new "Shows" with a small group of 18- to 30-year-olds. "They loved 'em-they'd never seen comedy like this before." Some of the shows go back to 1950. Writers of those shows who've agreed to do in-depth interviews on the episodes (to be video-cassetted) include Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, Mel Tolkin, Neil Simon, Nanette Fabray and Howard Morris.